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Article: High school students get fair view of class
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- Roanoke Times & World News
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- October 14, 2009
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About 30 teenagers crowded into a training room at Virginia
Western Community College for a rare peak at what an HVAC
technology class would be like.
Some asked questions, some stared at their shoes. But it was the
four African men -- all about two or three times the students' ages
-- who didn't want to miss a moment of the tour.
In all, about 200 students from 10 high schools, along with some
Virginia Western students and the four men from Virginia Tech,
visited the third annual technology summit and career exploration
fair at the community college Tuesday.
Evans Lampi, Luka Ngoyi, Bentry Nkhata and Joseph Mukuni left
their homes in Zambia three weeks ago to become doctoral ...